Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Wall-Passer

17-year-old Tye and his parents evacuate their home after an earthquake on planet G40 and move to Reality City. Tye is a teenage piano prodigy who takes to constantly tapping out rhythms on the computer keyboard. During a school field trip to a nuclear power plant, Tye discovers a radioactive rock whose powers enables him to pass through walls. He also meets a deaf alien shopgirl, NoNo, who captured his heart before vanishes without a trace. With the aid of his glowing stone, Tye searches the world for his missing love and meets Ya-hung who is also searching for a missing loved one.

Presented by

Hosted by

Center for the Pacific Rim at University of San Francisco
Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University
East Asia Center, University of Washington
China Studies Program, University of Washington
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Oregon
Mills International Center, University of Oregon
UNLV Film Department
UNLV Short Film Archive